Father Quote by Robert Morgan

I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.

— Robert Morgan

I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my…

— Bernardo Bertolucci

“dad now realize how you became poet”

— sakhiabbas

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the…

— Ziggy Marley

When I started writing 'My Struggle,' my father was still an issue: someone I had in me every day, someone I would dream about…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of

— Tom Holt

I think my poems immediately come out of the sensuous and emotional experiences I have.

— Sylvia Plath

My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.

— Natasha Trethewey

Father's ideals became part of me and still are today. His reserve, deeply rooted liberal views, his provocative humour, his passion for work and…

— Niki de St. Phalle

So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad.

— Ron Perlman

My father was a rare poet. He was somebody who worked in the trenches. When he wanted to speak about social justice or gender…

— Shabana Azmi

A poet may be a good companion, but, so far as I know, he is ever the worst of fathers.

— Irving Bacheller